2460 ORD FIXING TAX RATE AND TAX LEVY AND LEVYING AD VALOREM TAXES FOR COP

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ORDINANCE N0. 2460 AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE TAX RATE AND THE TAX LEVY, AND LE`vYING AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, FOR THE YEAR 1979, UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE SAID CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE CHARTER PROVISIONS AND ORDINANCES OF SAID CITY; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. WHEREAS, the Board of Equalization heretofore appointed by the City Council of the City of Paris has met and has fixed the value of all property situated within the City of Paris, Texas subject to ad valorem taxes for the year 1979, such total valuation being the sum of $57,926,524.00; and, WHEREAS, in accordance with provisions of Ordinances passed by the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, property owners over the age of 65 and disabled Veterans have filed exemptions in the sum of $3,837,248.00 making a new val- uation subject to ad valorem taxes in the sum of $54,089,276.00; and, WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, the City Manager has hereto- fore submitted to the City Council a proposed budget of the revenues of the City and the expenditures for the conduct of the affairs thereof, providing a complete financial plan for the fiscal year beginning July l, 1979, and ending June 30, 1980; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has heretofore, by ordinance adopted the budget appropriating from ad valorem taxes the following sum, to-wit: General Fund $1,065,000.00 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section l. That there shall be and is hereby levied for the year 1979 and ordered to be collected a tax of $2.20 on each and every ONE DUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) of the assessed valuation of all property of every description subject to tax- ation within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, and that said tax so levied shall be distributed and apportioned as follows: For the payment of CURRENT EXPENSES of the City Government of the City of Paris, on each and every One Hundred Dollars worth of property situated within the corporate limits of the City of Paris and subject to taxation a tax of (of which $0.008 will be for the L2.20 operation of the Paris Municipal Band) Section 2. There is also levied and ordered to be collected against each and every person, firm or corporation pursuing an occupation within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, except where levy of the same is expressly forbidden by general law, an occupation tax and license tax equal to one- half (1/2) of that levied by the State of Texas against such occupation. This provision applies to each and every occupation upon which the State of Texas levies a tax and fixes a license fee and only to such occupations.